Addressing Food Loss and Waste

• Ngôn ngữ: eng
• Ký hiệu phân loại: 628.4 Waste technology, public toilets, street cleaning
• Thông tin xuất bản: World Bank, Washington, DC, 2020
• Bộ sưu tập: Tài liệu truy cập mở
• ID: 267790
• Chủ đề: 1. ENVIRONMENTAL FOOTPRINT; 2. ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY; 3. FOOD LOSS AND WASTE; 4. FOOD SECURITY; 5. FOOD SYSTEM

Tóm tắt

The report focuses on the role that food loss and waste (FLW) could play in reducing the environmental footprint of food systems while attempting to meet the caloric and nutrient needs of a population expected to increase by 3 billion people in the next 30 years. The performance of the global food system over the last century has been extraordinary. From a global population of 1.6 billion people in 1900 to nearly 8 billion in 2020, the agri-food sector has risen to the challenge of providing global caloric sufficiency, mainly by increasing yields of a few principal staple crops. However, this path is no longer sustainable.